Turnstile



Nov. 28, 19334 E. J. KENNEDY ET AL TURNSTILE Filed Aug. 5, 1931 4Sheets-Sheet l Nov. 28, 1933- E E. J. KENNEDY Er AL E ,9

' TURNSTILE Filed Aug. 5, 1931 4 Sheets-Sheet 2 Nov. 28, 1933. KENNEDYAL 1 1,936,941

TURNSTILE Filed Aug. 5, 1931 4 Sheets-Sheet 3 ATTOR Y Nov. 28, 1933.

E. J. KENNEDY El AL TURNSTILE Filed Aug. 5, 1931 4 Sheets-Sheet 4INVENTORS Patented Nov. 2s, 1933 V 1 reason. t

t TURNLS IL Edward 'LKenn edy, Hollis; N. Y.,; ana John F;

' Percy, 'westwood, N.

J;, assignors to Petey Manufacturing Company, a, corporation of J -gN-ewYork I in e anAssists; isailse iai No. 555,202"

15 claims, '(Ci. 194-155)- .Our-invention relatesto coinmeoh'anism suit-7 ablefor use in turnstiles; Weighing; wendingxand other machines inwhich the insertion-of a coin or av token of predetermined size and/or:value is.

1 required; to effect" operationofthe machine. 7

Differingfromamany; mechanisms now in" ,com-' mon use, in which theinserted coin servesrtoclosexan electric circuit, the present inventionis a I g anism after it'begins to'operate in response to-an designed toutilize, the coin as. amechanicalelev merit, in'bridging the. spacebetween two other- Wise separated and disconnected@members; to-

enable motion 'to be transmitted from. one such member to the: other,through the'ointerposed" oi Fig.2; t

Fig.- 5:158, like view on the line e,--e,of l ig; 3; 7O

coinyor'token. v I In machines, such [as turnstiles, *whichare heavily:built for long life: and to withstand rough usage, the actiona is rapidandthefparts move withfsuchforce as to require specially designed o coinmechanismwhich is: structurallystrong and j 26 comparatively simple;votherwise'breakdownsfwill befof frequent occurrence. Asa.,protectionagainst mutilationsvof coins used} as a mechanical element andconsequent jamming of the mechanisrn; we cause-the coinsto be engagededgewis e instead: of flatwise and thereby avoidtroubles'of this sortvwhich are more orflless commonin coin mechanisms now in use.

Another" feature of -the invention consists in -J designing 'themechanism so that itwill respond 30 to coins and tokens whichdirferinsize; This isi V necessary where some fares are paid in cash Whileothers are paid in metal transfer tokens.

Arrangedm cooperative *relationto beauto matically 'operatedby the coinand token mechanism, we provide 'twdregisters, one for cash fares andthe other for. transfer fares. The selectionfor' operation oftheproperregister is also automatically effectedlflby the mechanism in respondingto the inserted 'coin*ortoken.,

erationoi a turnstile but do'not wish to be under-' stood as intendingto limit. ourselves to this particular combination ortothe fo'rm ordetails of ,pended tarma e, In the drawings:

i Fig. 1 is a top plan view of a present dayturn l stile, showing ourinvention in use'the top cover The above mentioned andother'importantfeak tures of theinvention will beset'forth in detail t.t o fther forwardrotationQ themechamsrn, as var ous changesmaybe madetherein within the scope and' meajning oi the ap;- Q

plate 'ofthe turnstile being removed'toqshow f the contained mechanismFig; 2 is across sectionon the line a, a, of,

.Fig. 1, showingthejcoin and token mechanism and: the position assumed,by aninserted coin of a predeterminedvalue, representing a cash' fare,before themechanism begins to operate.

Fig. Bis a similar view showing the same mechinserted transfer tolen,'which, it will be noted,

of somewhat larger diameter thanthe cash fare coin, shownin Fig. 2.

Fig.1 6 is a view-in cross, section on the line Fig. 7 is-a.crosssection on the line big-b, of

Fig. Land; 1 a v 1 Fig. 8 isra, similar View on the, 1ineVc,.v-c, ofFig.1.

Referring now to the drawings, 1 represents posed lugs 4, 4, etc andratchet teeth 5; betweena the lugs. Cooperating with the lugsi4, thereis a locking pawl iii-held :in engaging relationabyflaa spring 7.Normally, or when the turnstile-is'not'85 t ;in operation, the engagingface of the locking- "pawl -6;2and"the adjacent lug l of, the disk =3,are 4:

held somewhat separated, as shown to permit free limited forwardmotion-ofrthe turnstile; re--. gardless of whether the required ooinortoken is insertedor not. This free limited motion of the hturnstile isutilized to advance a coin-finder 8 hereinafter more fully described.lithe required" g coin'or. token has been inserted-the, coin finder on 1this preliminary'J-advance, will engage the 9 same andthrough the coinpr token, impart the nnecessary motion to,- cooperating parts ormemb'ersto actuate the release lever 9, of the locking spawlf'i, andperinitthe turnstile to complete the .i'operation. If, on the otherhand, the coin finder fails to find a coin. or tokemno' motion Will beimparted "to the release lever and locking pawl -willrcontinue to holdthe turnstileagainst fur Loosely mounted on the studshaft of the lockingpawl and spring held in engagement with I the? ratchet teeth 5 ofthe'disk 3, there is a pawl ii 10, which holds the turnstile' againstreverse imovement and limits it to forward rotation-only; 1

Cooperating with the 1ugs 4-, 4,;etc.', of the disk U 3, a stop pawl 11,is provided which is designed to receive the impact and bring theturnstile to a dead stop at the end of each operation or quar terrevolution. This pawl, pivoted at 12, is spring-held normally, with itsstop end 11a, clear of the disk lugs, as shown in Fig. 1, and itsopposite end or tail 11b, in the path of travel of the lugs.v

As the turnstile starts into operation, the nearest disk lug, such as epasses under and clear of the stop pawl 11, until it reaches the tail 11and engaging its inclined face, trips it, against the action of the pawlspring, throwing and holding the stop end 11 down into position toengage the next disk lug, such as a, as the turnstile completes itsoperation or quarter revolution. At the instant the stop pawl engagesthe lug 4 the lug 4. clears the tail of the pawl, permitting the springto act and returnthe stop pawl to its normal position, as shown in Fig.1, ready for the next operation.

Acting to retard rotation of the turnstile during the first half of itsoperation, then to accelerate it during the last half and finally toyieldingly maintain the turnstile with one of its arms 2, directlyacross, barring entrance to the passage the turnstile is placed tocontrol, there is a posttioning lever 13, pivoted at 14, and held by astrong spring 15, in engagement with spaced rollers 16, 16, etc., on thedisk 3. There are four of these rollers 16, equispaced on the disk andthe positioning lever engages them in pairs as shown, and so yieldinglyholds the turnstile against free movement.

The positioning lever 13, has an extension 13, beyond its pivot, asshown inFig. 1, and to this extension 13, a second extension 13 isspring held and secured, in effect, by ahinge joint 17, permittinglimited separation of the extensions at their free ends.

The second extension 13 of the positioning lever 13, is yieldingly heldin engagement with the coin finder 8, previously referred to, by aconnecting spring 8. The arrangement is such, that if the coin jams andstops further advance of the coin finder and the extension 13 thepositioning lever 13, including the extension 13*, may make its fullmovement without breaking or otherwise damaging the mechanism.

As shown in Figs. 2 and 3, the coin finder 8,.is formed as a slide bar,horizontally disposed and movable'in suitable guides 18, extendingtransversely across, near the bottom of the coin chute 19. Normally, orwhen the mechanism is not in operation, that portion of the coin finderextending across the coin chute, is flush with and forms, in effect, acontinuation of the rear wall 19 thereof, so that when a coin or tokenis inserted in the chute, through the entrance slot 20,

it drops down and comes to rest or lodges be tween a lug or stud 8 ofthe coin finder and the reduced end 9 of the release lever v9. Thereduced end 9 of this lever projects through a slo 8 of the coin finder,as shown in Fig. 2.

In order to enable the coin chute to be readily cleared of coins, tokensor the like that jam or stick therein and to provide free passagethrough the same for coins or disks of smaller diameter than the coinsand tokens for which the mechanism is designed, the front wall 19 of thechute is hinged, as indicated at 19, (see Fig. 3), and yieldingly heldin position by a spring 19 By means of 'a terminal lug 19'-, providing afinger hold, the front wall of the chute may be swung outward tofacilitate clearing the interior passage. At the lower end, the chuteterminates in a cup 8, in which the rejected and dislodged coins, disksand the like are caught and held.

It will now be seen that as the positioning lever is given motion, inthe operation of the turnstile and advances the coin finder, the latter,engaging the coin or token, edge on, will force it horizontally alongand the coin, having an edge on engagement with the projecting end 9 ofthe release lever 9, will transmit its motion to that lever. The motionthus imparted to the release lever, swings it about its pivot, causingits opposite curved end 9, engaging a stud 6 of the lock ing pawl 6, totrip the pawl and free the turnstile for operation.

The next step is to release the coin or token, so the mechanism mayreturn to its normal position, ready for the next operation of theturnstile. This is accomplished by providing the extension 13 of thepositioning lever 13, with a stud 21, designed to engage the releaselever at a point intermediate its reduced end 9 and its pivot and soadvance the release lever at a greater speed than it is being advancedby the coin finder through the coin. This accelerated movement of therelease lever carries it clear of the coin and frees the latter fordeposit in a suitable receptacle, not shown. The stud 21 is of suchlength or so proportioned that its engagement with the release lever istimed to occur at the 'moment the coin, advanced by the coin finder,

arrives dir ctly above a vertical chute 22, through which the coin dropsinto the receptacle above mentioned. The release and deposit of the coinoccurs shortly before the turnstile completes its operation and as thepositioning lever 13, under the action of its spring 15 and rollers 16,16, etc., reverses its movements, the stud 21 will be carried clear ofthe releasing lever 9, permitting it, under the action of its spring 22,to swing back and allow the spring retracted locking pawl to resume itsnormal position, checking further operation of the turnstile untilanother coin or token, has been inserted.

cooperatively associated with the coin mechanism above described, we:have shown two registers, one, indicated at 23, for cash fares, and theother, indicated at 24, for transfers, in the form of metal tokens ofsomewhat larger diameter than the coins used for cash fares.

The registers are of a form well known in the art and are operated in awell known manner by pawl and ratchet mechanism, as shown in Figs. '7and'8.

Projecting through slots 30, 31, in the end frame of the mounting of theregisters, are two The free end of the arm has two shouldered recesses,35, 36, formed in it, one of which (35), opening upward, is spring'heldnormally engaged by the pin 30 of the ratchet mechanism of the cash fareregister. The other recess 36, opening downward, is designed to beengaged as the arm 32, is depressed, in a manner to be explained,

by the pin 31*, of the ratchet mechanism of the transfer register.

It will be noted that the pins lie at the right hand end of therecesses, as viewed in Fig. 6, and

tie

shoiilder attheleft hand endof the recess engages thejpin;-{ This lostis provided to'per- 1 mt the prelhninaryadvance of the coin finder;as'abcve described, without .afie'cting the regis pleteeperationsof theturnstilei' ters and so limit actuationof the registers to com*R'eferring againto Fig. "6;' it will'be seen-that as the positioningarm B'Qisgivn motion by the operation of' the "turnstile; response toacoinor cash Stare, the-arm 3-2 will be moved to the right until the"shoulder at the left hand' end'of j the recess 35 engages the cash Tareregister -pin ating'a rm 32 downward, abc'utits p'i'vetyasshownthuslbeing moved totl'ie right te engage clear the transferregister pihBi, as will be order to operate the transfer r e-agateaftransfer token is entered 'by 'wayof the 3 chute, it isnecessary'toswing the register operin Figs 3 so that when advanced itsshouldered recess will clearthe cash fare re gister pin 86* anditsf'shouldered recess 36, be positionedto engage; the transfer fareregister pin 31*. T0

is oflsomewhat larger diameter than thecash i'are' "coin and as it isadvanced by the; finder 8, to transmit motion to the releaselever 9,; asabove described it engages the inclined surface 137" of l a lever 37,1andswings thejsame about its pivot 37 ,As a result of this motion,thelongerend 37 of the lever-37, engages a stud; szqiortm registeroperating arm 32, and*depresse's the lever to the above describedposition, shown 'in' Fig; 6; if which causes the left-handslhonlder ofjthe recess;

36' to engage the ipihBl, and operate the transfer threofLa-member towhich motion is transmitted bythe coin finder through the aforesaidcoin} fare register.

' From the foregoing fitwillElse-seen that? the? arm 32, is thus madeautomatically"selective;in -operating the registers "and'is controlledin its selectivityby the character of the rarepaid,

L "I claim. is: l

- As the operation; advantage lietct, ofwthe mech anism will be apparentfrom the; foregoing," fur;

the r description-thereof will notjbetgiven."

Having thus described" approximately i L shapedcdin chute provided withentrance and eirit openingsand havingtherec: tangular crosssectionaljjiorrnftliroughout ofa'i predetermined coin, a fcoin'ffinderarranged to enter the chute to' engage an inserted coin edge on;andfim'ove it edge onfrom the longe'r leg of 4 fto be engaged edge onfbya'coin entered. by way .of the'i-chuteand to which member motion is.tra-nsmittedby the 'coin finder through the interthe' chute to an exitopening in-jthe shorter leg thereof, a member to which motion is trans{j mitted; by the coin "finder through theaforesaidl'com, vand means forgiving the coin finder f; and member-different speedsatjasuitable'point"M I coinchute provided with an entrance slot, a coi in their travel torelease: the coin. i

'2. A-coin controlled mechanismflcomprising an a proximately L-shap'edcoin chute provided with enter the chute to engage an inserte d coinedge entrance and exit openings and having therectangular crosssectional form throughout of a.

predetermined coin, a coin finder..-arranged to on and move it edge on.from the longer leg of the chute to an exitopening in the shorter legthereof,-a member. movable in the shorter, leg

motion transmitted to it by the coin finder 'throughthe aforesaidcoin,and means for giving -gm ehi mane that thesefre'cesses' areoffsiichlength that there is'considerabie lost motion before lijAcoin-controlledmechanismcomprisingfan fcoin chute provided withanentrance slot, a co-- operating coin finderi in the form of a slideinovable-through the chute to engage an inserted'coin I redgeonfa springfor advancing the slide, an"

thecein flnder'and member different speeds-at a suitable poin't in theirtravel torelease' the coin.

'3; A coin-controlledmechanism comprising an approximatelyL-shaped coinchute provided with enter the chute toengageaninserted coin edge on andmove it edge on from the longer leg of the chute jto'anexit opening inthe shorter leg thereof, a 'memberte which motion is transmitted by thecoin finder thro'iigh the -aforesaid'coin,- and l means for acceleratingthe movement of the member ata suitable pcint'in its travel-to releasethe-coin? Q -=4. A coin-controlled"mechanism comprising an approximatelyL-shaped coin chute provided with entrance and exit openings andhaving-the recta-ngular cross sectional form throughout of a Ypredetermined coin,- a coin finder arranged'to" enter the-chutetoengageaninserted coin edge on and move'it edge on from the longer legoithe' chute "to fan exit opening in the shorter leg thereof, amember'to which motion is transmitted by the' 'coi-n finder through theaforesaid coin,-

f 'the coin' finder and member: combining to form shift the "ann BZ; HSjUSt described, I utilize the transfer token disk which, as previouslystated,

opposite sides of apocket in which the coinlodges in edge on relationbetweenithem, and means for 1 V o release the'coi'nu giving the canfinder and memberidilterent' :5; A -coincontrolled mechanismcomprising'an' Q approximately L-shaped coinchute provided with};entrance and exit openings and having the rectangular-cross sectionalform throughout of a enter the chute to engage an inserted coin edge onand'move it edge'on from the'longer leg of v the' chute to an exitopening in the shorter leg the coin'flnder and membencom'bining to formopposite sidesof a pocket "in which the coin {lodges inedge on relationbetween them, the said coin finder and member different speeds at a Acoin controlled" mechanism comprising a actuating member for the slidecontrolling the spring oftheslide, amember normally positioned posedcoin, and an automatic release for the coin. ,;;7.;coincontrolled.mechanism comprising a operating 'coin finder in theform oi a slide move obstructed passage of coins ofless than a prev 5determined diameter, and. means 'for giving the r invention'what "we V isuitable'poi-nt in' their travel to release the coin.

able through 'the chute to {engage an inserted coin, and'means forimparting the same speed of v CH travel to the coin finder and the'member throughout a portion of their movement and differentspedsthereafterto separate the finder and membeer to release the coin.

8. A coin-controlled mechanism comprising a coin chute provided with anentrance slot, a yielding side wall and an external delivery outlet forrejected coins, a cooperative coin finder in the 7 form of a slidemovable through the chute to engage an inserted coin edge on, a springfor advancing the slide, an actuating member for the slide controllingthe spring of the slide, a member normally positioned to be engaged edgeon by a coin entered by way of the chute and to which member motion istransmitted by the coin finder through the interposed coin, and anautomatic release for the coin.

9. A coin controlled mechanism comprising a coin chute provided with anentrance slot, a cooperating coin finder in the form of a slide, aspring for advancing the slide, an actuating member for the slidecontrolling the spring of the slide, a member to which motion istransmitted by the finder through an interposed coin entered by way ofthe chute, an automatic release for such coins, and an operativelyconnected register for automatically indicating the number of operationsof the mechanism.

10. The combination, in a coin and token controlled mechanism, of a coinand token chute provided with an entrance slot, a cooperating coin andtoken finder, a member to which motion is transmitted by the finderthrough an interjposed coin or token entered by way of the chute,

an automatic release for such coinsand tokens, operatively connectedregisters, one for indicating the number of operations of the coinmechanism in response to coins inserted and the other for likeindication of similar operations in response to coin-like tokensinserted of a size differing from the coins and a selector for actuatingthe proper register, the said selector being normally positioned toactuate one of the registers.

i 11. The combination, in a coin and token controlled mechanism of acoin and token chute provided with an entrance slot, a cooperating coinand token finder, a member to which motion is transmitted by the finderthrough an interposed coin or token entered by way of the chute, anautomatic release for such coins and tokens, operatively connectedregisters, one for indicating the number of coins entered and the otherfor indicating the number of tokens entered, and an automatic selectorfor actuating the proper reg ister the said selector being normallypositioned to actuate one of the registers.

12. The combination, in a coin and token controlled mechanism of a coinand token chute provided with an entrance slot, a cooperating coin andtoken finder, a member to which motion is transmitted by the finderthrough an interposed coin or token entered by way of the chute, anautomatic release for such coins and tokens, operatively connectedregisters, one for indicating the number of coins entered and the otherfor indicating the number of tokens entered, and means forutilizingtrolled mechanism of a coin and token chute provided with an entranceslot, a cooperating coin and token finder, a member to which motion istransmitted by the finder through an interposed coin or token entered byway of the chute, an automatic release for such coin and token,operatively connected registers, one for indicating the number of coinsentered and the other for indicating the number of tokens entered, and aregister operating device common to both registers and controlled in itsselection of the register to be operated by the size of the coins andtokens inserted the said device being normally positioned to actuate oneof the registers.

14. The combination, in a coin and token controlled mechanism of a coinand token chute providedwith anentrance slot, a cooperating coin andtoken finder, a member to which motion is transmitted by the finderthrough an interposed coin or token entered by way of the chute, anautomatic release for such coins and tokens, operatively connectedregisters, one for indicating the number of coins entered and the'otherfor indicating the number of tokens entered, an automatic selector foractuating the proper register, the said selector being normallypositioned to actuate one of the registers and a common source of motionfor operating the coin and token finder and the automatic selector.

15. The combination, in a coin and token controlled mechanism, of a coinand token chute provided with an entrance slot, a cooperating coin andtoken finder, a member to which motion is transmitted by the finderthrough an interposed coin or token entered by way of the chute, anautomaticreleasefor such coins and tokens operatively connectedregisters, one for indicating the number of coins entered and the otherfor indicating the number of tokens entered, an automatic selectornormally positioned to actuate one of the registers and shiftable to adifferent position for actuating the other register, means for utilizingone of the two aforesaid types of inserted fare disks to shift theselector, and a common source of motion for operating the coin and tokenfinder and the automatic selector.

16. The combination, in a coin and token controlled mechanism, of a coinand token chute providedwith anentrance slot, a cooperating coin andtoken finder, a member to which motion is transmitted by the finderthrough an interposed coin or token entered by way of the chute, anautomatic release for such coins and tokens, operatively connectedregisters'one for indicating the numberof coins entered and the otherfor indicating the number of tokens entered, an automatic selectornormally positioned for actuating one of the registers and shiftable toa diilerent position for actuating the other register, means forutilizing the inserted tokens to shift the selector, and a common sourceof motion for operating the coin and token finder and the automaticselector.

